LeClair loses two straight at USBC Masters, earns $1,700

Despite having the No. 5 seed, Brian LeClair of Albany lost his first two matches in the double-elimination match-play portion of the USBC Masters at Brunswick Zone Carolier in North Brunswick, N.J.

LeClair, who runs the pro shop at Del Lanes, earned $1,700 for his efforts.

In his first three-game, total-pins match, LeClair lost to Dick Allen (formerly known as Ritchie Allen) of Columbia, S.C., 703-666. In the elimination bracket, Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., beat LeClair 631-563.

There are still eight players unbeaten in match play, including PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III. Eight others are in the elimination bracket.

A total of 16 players remain in the bracket with eight players undefeated and eight players in the elimination bracket. Another series of matches Saturday will determine the five players who will advance to the live ESPN finals at 3 p.m. Sunday.